(Nero and Farron are the only characters I own. Next chapter Layla will be introduced, shes another character I own. Hopefully that'll be up soon, but I don't know if it will yet. Anyway, Enjoy!)

Chapter 1: Old Time Friends

"This poetry is horrible" I said to myself.

After a few moments of listening to this horrible poetry, I began scanning the room. Only one person in the coffee shop caught my attention. It was the girl's red hair that caught my attention. Not I was attracted to her, but her hair was different than most Shadowhunters. But the guy beside her, that was mooching up to her. Was one of those guys I wanted to just punch in the face. Their faces tightened, they obviously thought the exact same thing I did.

Suddenly a black figure appeared by the shop window. At first I was absolutely clueless who the person was. But the figure locked eyes with the red haired girl, and then the hood went down.

Jace Wayland.

"Thank god," I thought.

Not wasting any more of my time in this place, I got up and walked out of this place. Once I was outside, I saw Wayland walk around the corner to the back of the shop. Walking in a normal shadowhunter pace, I followed him, turning the corner behind him.

"The great Jonathan Wayland isn't as aware to his surroundings as usual" I said mockingly.

He whipped around, ready for a fight like the Jace I knew. His expression lightened when he saw me. "Nero Bloodwolf, I'm always on guard, except this once. It seems I wasn't prepared for a ghost to show his face after such a long time."

"Ghost? My skin color is darker than you whitey," I said with a grin, "Don't miss your childhood friend? Another attack on my pride. But I've snuck up on you, my life is now complete."

Just like old times, we laughed at each other's ridiculous comments.

The back door of the coffee shop came flying open. The girl with red hair came out, obviously looking for Jace. This was why she looked at me with surprise, until she turned to see Jace. Franticly she reached into her pocket, pulling out an angelic rune drawing.

She pushed it towards Jace, "What does this mean? Why am I seeing this symbol everywhere?!"

Jace looked over her shoulder to me, I shrugged. I didn't know what to tell her, she was a new person in general to me. She's obviously seen Jace somewhere, hinting why she's being frantic.

"You are not a part of the mundane world, or human world." He stated, looking at her intently.

"If I'm not human than what am I?!" She exclaimed.

"A Shadowhunter, but not nearly as badass as Jace and myself" I chimed in.

A thought crossed her mind, I could tell, because she was going to say something. Until her phone went off. Her face went from confusion to absolute panic.

Answering the phone she said "Mom! What? I'm coming home!"

Then just like that she took off running. Jace and I exchanged glances, and then took off behind her. She walked into an apartment building. I stopped, examining the building.

"Jace, there's a demon in there" I stated, feeling rather excited.

At first he just looked at me, "How can you tell?" He questioned.

"I'm good like that remember."

He glanced at me, the realization hit him. We walked inside. The bottom level had no damage to it, but the smell of a demon was here.

"And I'm a damn genius."

I darted up the stair, Jace followed. Reaching the correct place, I could tell it was, there was no door. I walked inside, but Jace pushed through me when he heard the girl scream. The apartment was demolished. Whatever had come here had a little too much fun. Seconds later the girl and Jace walked out of a different room. I only looked at them.

"Believe us now? What demon was here?" I questioned.

The girl nodded slowly. "Ravener. Also this is Clary," Jace spoke.

I just nodded.

"Am I supposed to trust you?" Clary asked us.

"Well I did just save your life" Jace shrugged.

"Hm, I would. Unless you want to be killed by something far uglier than the Ravener" I retorted.

All of a sudden, the guy from the coffee shop that I wanted to punch in the face appeared. He hugged Clary.

"Simon, look for stuff around the house. My mom is gone. She said "he" found her. Not that even I know what that means" Clary stated.

"Clary come here, I don't bite. I'm not that weird. Now Jace, he might." I called to Clary.

She stepped forward towards me, looking confused. Looking into her eyes I saw the problem. But didn't feel like airing it just yet. I waved her away, her knees gave out. Simon went to the floor to hold her.

"Jace, the ravener poisoned her! Get her to your institute. I'll catch up later."

I took off out the door before Jace could retort something about me not being his leader. Stepping out of the building, I started walking towards Magnus Bane's house. The cool breeze felt good; thankfully my hair wasn't like Jace's. Bet that was annoying when the wind caught it. I laughed. I could see where Magnus lived just ahead of me. But a moving figure in the corner of my eye caught me off guard. My sleeve of my gear caught on fire.

"Toasty, but no" I patted the fire out, whipping around.

"I could have set you on fire Nero." Said a woman's voice. Golden cat eyes were looking straight at me.

I had only a guess at who it was, but it was dark around me and the woman. I pulled my witchlight stone out. Illuminating the area around us. I saw her bright blue hair, with streaks of purple in it. I was correct in guessing who it was, even though I haven't seen her in a year or two. It was Farron, a witch.

A smile crossed my face.